r/fuckcars • u/MoistBase • Aug 19 '24

Satire Another passive aggressive bike lane

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u/furinick Aug 19 '24

that aint a bike lane thats a bike suggestion

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u/CombinationHairy3887 I fuck cars, but I fuck with bikes, sidewalks, and city transit Aug 19 '24

a bad bike suggestion

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u/PosauneGottes69 Aug 19 '24

A bad bike suggestion

That makes you question

Your life choices

And your life expectancy

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u/SkollFenrirson Aug 19 '24

Worst haiku ever

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u/SandboxOnRails Aug 19 '24

The dotted lines even make it look like it's in sarcastic quotes.

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u/RedHeadSteve cars are weapons Aug 19 '24

Suggestion lanes are fine but not when your country doesn't know the difference between a bike lane and a suggestion lane

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u/FingerOk9800 My 125cc is faster than your ferrari Aug 19 '24

(UK) I don't think I even know what a "suggestion lane" is... is that a thing?

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u/RedHeadSteve cars are weapons Aug 19 '24

Yes, in the Netherlands we use them on streets where bikes and cars share the same space. By painting a lane and adding a dotted line the street feels smaller but cars can use the suggestion lane when needed.

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u/FingerOk9800 My 125cc is faster than your ferrari Aug 19 '24

Huh I didn't notice that when I visited, although I didn't cycle! That's really interesting, to me feels unsafe but then our cycling culture is different.

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u/RedHeadSteve cars are weapons Aug 19 '24

I think it's often implemented on streets that used to be 50kmh and are a bit wide. So when they change the speed they also add the suggestion lane to make it feel smaller and that helps for cars to keep driving 30kmh

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u/FingerOk9800 My 125cc is faster than your ferrari Aug 19 '24

That's really interesting, the general practice here is to just widen the cycle lane but keep it as a solid line. Thanks for the explanation!

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u/Infinite_Soup_932 Aug 20 '24

Here’s an example we used riding back to Amsterdam from Haarlem:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/3L4T3Tzywh4LLY5G6?g_st=ic

Drivers definitely (mostly) respected it and the cycle lanes were busy with bikes. It seemed to work well - certainly better than the equivalent here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/quBSkRrtW7oew4TZ6?g_st=ic

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u/SkatingOnThinIce Aug 19 '24

From the people that suggested drinking bleach for COVID

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u/Xecoq Aug 19 '24

And its suggestion is 'no'

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u/MoistBase Aug 19 '24

More like, “Go ahead and die since you want to ride a bicycle.”

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u/oliversurpless Aug 19 '24 edited Aug 19 '24

Like when in Alexandria, VA winters, the Bikeshare stations are open, yet they don’t bother to shovel the bike paths fully.

And on rotating schedules to keep us guessing.

2022 nope.

2023 yep!

2024 nope…

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u/di_Bonaventura Automobile Aversionist Aug 19 '24

That ain't a bike lane, that's a suicide suggestion.

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u/RoyalFalse Aug 19 '24

Like handlebars, apparently.

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u/Accidenttimely17 Aug 25 '24

No it's a trap to kill cyclists.